Blog Category: Self-care for Parents
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S4 Episode 8 – How to talk to kids about news – Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
With bad news available 24/7, if it’s hard for adults to stay optimistic, how are ...
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Talking Good-Enough Parenting on ABC News Breakfast
To celebrate the launch of S4 of her podcast with the ABC, ‘Parental As Anything’, ...
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Our gift to your household
Most years around Christmas, I like to offer my community some visual inspiration for their ...
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S3 Episode 6 – How to co-parent well — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
Sometimes the hardest part about raising a child is the disagreements you have with your ...
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S3 Episode 5 – Solo parents — raising kids on your own — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
Around 14 per cent of Australian families have a sole parent. Some parents planned it ...
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Top Tips: Some Moments of Lightness
One of my all time worst brain farts… I was shopping in Woolies with one ...
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Grandparenting in the 21st Century
In this “Maggie Moment”, Australian parenting author, educator and very grateful grandmother Maggie Dent talks ...
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Parenting on the same page
In this ‘Maggie Moment’ parenting author and educator Maggie Dent talks about parenting on the ...
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Seeking special places – Maggie Soother 17
In this ‘Maggie Soother’, Maggie talks about the power of special places in automatically making ...
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S2 Episode 10 – All by myself – isolation as an only child or sole parent — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
Being an only child or single parent can be hard when all your usual social ...
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Some words for motherless mothers
In this “Maggie Moment” from parenting author and educator Maggie Dent, she shares a special ...
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S2 Episode 9 – How to get your kids (and you) to stop fighting — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
Have you been breaking up World War III between your kids? Are you and your ...
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S2 Episode 8 – How to manage working from home with kids — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
How do you get any work done at home when the kids keep asking you ...
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Helping kids (& us) to fall asleep – Maggie Soother 3
In this “Maggie Soother” from one of Australia’s favourite parenting authors, Maggie talks about how ...
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The importance of breath in anxious times – Maggie Soother 1
In this video, Australian parenting educator Maggie Dent shares the first of a series of ...
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Giving your kids the gift of emotional intelligence
Emotions can be so unpredictable and tricky for adults to understand at times, so what ...
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There’s a light at the end of the baby/toddler tunnel… I promise!
I have been back in toddler land for around four and a half years, watching and celebrating ...
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Parents need our kindness, not judgement
In this month’s ‘Maggie Moment’ one of Australia’s most-loved parenting author calls for more kindness ...